Jane Rose

Jane Rose (February 7, 1913 – June 29, 1979) was an American character actress, perhaps best remembered today as Audrey Dexter, the gently befuddled mother-in-law of Phyllis Lindstrom on the CBS sitcom Phyllis (1975–77).

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A versatile actress, Jane Prim Rose was born on February 7, 1913, in Seattle. She attended the University of Washington, where future actress Frances Farmer was a classmate; Rose and Farmer were subsequently roommates in New York City in 1935.[1]

Rose, who worked with the New York Association for the Blind (she served eleven years as the Association's Director of Recreation), also taught acting, and was a pioneer in the use of drama as therapy for the blind.[2]

In 1975, Rose was cast as Audrey Dexter, mother-in-law to Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman), on Phyllis (1975–77). In 2005 – nearly thirty years after the show was cancelled – Rose was nominated for a TV Land Award as "Favorite Mother-in-Law."[1]